Tuesday, June 17, 2014

The Superstar Nora Aunor and The Star for All Seasons Vilma Santos both lost the Best Actress award to Angeli Bayani, lead actress of indie movie "Norte: Hangganan ng Kasaysayan" at the 37th Gawad Urian.

The Superstar Nora Aunor (Ang Kwento ni Mabuti) and The Star for All Seasons Vilma Santos (Ekstra) both lost the Best Actress award to Angeli Bayani, lead actress of indie movie "Norte: Hangganan ng Kasaysayan" at the 37th Gawad Urian.

The name might not be familiar to many but Bayani is the same woman whom the world-renowed film director Ang Lee called "a national treasure" for her compelling performance in Singaporean family fiilm Ilo-ilo which competed in the 50th Golden Horse Awards held in Taiwan last year.

The 2014 Gawad Urian Awards named its winners at the Dolphy Theater inside the ABS-CBN compound in Quezon City Tuesday night June 17.

Nine movies were up for the top prize, with 7 actors and 9 actresses nominated for the lead acting honors.

The ceremony, hosted by Piolo Pascual and Bianca Gonzalez, also celebrated the works of film director Mike de Leon, who was given the Natatanging Gawad Urian award by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Filipino.